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Serious unclassified road crash in Bath and North East Somerset BA2 on 29 September 2003 at 00:15 involving a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle

A Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset at 00:15 on Monday 29 September 2003. The 16-year-old male rider was seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Sep 2003
Monday, 00:15
Vehicles
1
Gilera Runner 125
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37755, longitude -2.37397, in the BA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moorlands, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 2DS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003520134341
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Gilera Runner 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Gilera Runner 125)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Gilera Runner 125)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2003520134341 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2003.